Virginia's Sales Tax Holiday Is This Weekend

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It’s not most people’s favorite shopping spree of the year, but the commonwealth of Virginia is making back-to-school shopping a little less dreadful with the return of the Back to School Sales Tax Holiday.

This year’s Sales Tax Holiday will take place from Friday to Sunday statewide. It traditionally begins on the first Friday of every August.

School supplies and back-to-school clothing are among the main items included in the sales tax exemption. However, each school item must cost under $20, and each item of clothing must cost less than $100.

List of Tax Exempt school supplies and clothing items

On the list, there are school standards like binders, book bags and dictionaries, as well as musical instruments, compasses and more. Clothing includes robes, raincoats, flip-flops, formal wear and more.

Not on the list: Cosmetics, yarn, sunglasses, umbrellas, wallets, watches and more.

Also included in the weekend-long tax exemption are hurricane and emergency preparedness items, as well as EnergyStar and WaterSense products.

How do you survive back-to-school shopping trips? Tell us in the comments.